Biography

Jacobo Morales burst onto the entertainment industry at the age of fourteen and soon after, developed his writing skills in television and with La criada malcriada (1965). The first film he directed, Dios los cría (1979), is recognized as the marking point where Puerto Rico's film industry evolved. His third film, What Happened to Santiago (1989), reached an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990, being the only Academy Award recognition a Puerto Rican film has yet to reach. Morales is considered by many to be the most influential filmmaker in Puerto Rico.
- IMDb mini biography by: Juana del Pueblo

Widely considered as the most important filmmaker of his generation in Puerto Rico.

Of the seven theatrical plays he's written, he has starred and directed six of them.

In 2009, the New York International Film Festival held at Lincoln Center in New York City paid tribute to him and his career.

In all his films, he has always featured a group of nuns, who either have a speaking role or simply make a cameo or passing appearance.

During the filming and production of Linda Sara (1994), he carried a diary which he later published in 1998 titled "Linda Sara El Guion Y Su Historia".